Comprehensive and Integrated Nutrition Services Delivery Guideline for the Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Communities of Ethiopia (PCINS)

Abstract

Ethiopia has exhibited modest improvements in the nutritional status of children. Despite the country’s progress, the burden of malnutrition has remained a formidable challenge. When the data are further disaggregated by regions, the nutritional indicators are far worse in the pastoralist and agro-pastoralist areas. Evidence revealed that child and maternal malnutrition are serious challenges to the pastoralist communities in the country. Recent Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey (EDHS) data show that the pastoral communities experience not only the highest child micronutrient deficiencies such as anemia, but also the highest prevalence of wasting (acute malnutrition).